{"id":6316,"date":"2024-12-11T04:01:16","date_gmt":"2024-12-11T04:01:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/investingsstrategist.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/11\/south-koreas-former-defense-minister-attempts-to-take-his-own-life-official-says-amid-martial-law-political-crisis\/"},"modified":"2024-12-11T04:01:16","modified_gmt":"2024-12-11T04:01:16","slug":"south-koreas-former-defense-minister-attempts-to-take-his-own-life-official-says-amid-martial-law-political-crisis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/investingsstrategist.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/11\/south-koreas-former-defense-minister-attempts-to-take-his-own-life-official-says-amid-martial-law-political-crisis\/","title":{"rendered":"South Korea\u2019s former Defense Minister attempts to take his own life, official says, amid martial law political crisis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"editor-note vossi-editor-note inline-placeholder \">    Editor\u2019s Note: <em>Help is available if you or someone you know is struggling with suicidal thoughts or mental health matters.<\/em><br \/><em>In the US: Call or text 988, the Suicide &amp; Crisis Lifeline.<\/em><br \/><em>Globally: The International Association for Suicide Prevention and Befrienders Worldwide have contact information for crisis centers around the world.<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\">            Former South Korean Defense Minister Kim Yong-hyun has attempted to end his own life while in custody, the commissioner general of Korea Correctional Service said Wednesday.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\">            Kim was detained in Seoul on Sunday, days after President Yoon Suk Yeol\u2019s stunning but short-lived declaration of martial law sparked a political crisis and widespread public anger in the country.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\">            Kim allegedly recommended the imposition of martial law and was the first figure detained over the case.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\">            Shin Yong-hae, the Commissioner General of Korea Correctional Service, said Kim made the attempt before a formal arrest warrant was issued late Tuesday.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\">            He has been moved to an isolation room and has no health issues, Shin said.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\">            <em>This is a developing story and will be updated.<\/em>    <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div>This post appeared first on cnn.com<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Editor\u2019s Note: Help is available if you or someone you know is struggling with suicidal thoughts or mental health matters.In the US: Call or text 988, the Suicide &amp; Crisis Lifeline.Globally: The International Association for Suicide Prevention and Befrienders Worldwide have contact information for crisis centers around the world. Former South Korean Defense Minister Kim [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":6317,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6316","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/investingsstrategist.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6316","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/investingsstrategist.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/investingsstrategist.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/investingsstrategist.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6316"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/investingsstrategist.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6316\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/investingsstrategist.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6317"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/investingsstrategist.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6316"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/investingsstrategist.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6316"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/investingsstrategist.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6316"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}